Happiness Break: A Meditation To Move Through Anger, With Eve Ekman
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Accepting difficult feelings like anger or irritation can help us keep our cool, feel better overall, and find calm on the other side.

Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/n6hm5yhz)

How to Do This Practice:

- Begin the practice by settling your mind and body. Notice your breath and any sensations that arise in your body,

- Shift your attention away from your body, recalling an instance where you felt mildly irritated or frustrated. Give yourself a few moments to fully feel this emotion. 

- Notice any physical sensations that arise. Then, release that memory, refocusing your attention on the body. 

- Allow these sensations to shift and move, giving them the space to change and observing them with a sense of curiosity and kindness.

- Consider shaking hands with the emotion the next time it arises in your daily life.

Today’s Happiness Break host:

Eve Ekman is a contemplative social scientist and meditation teacher from San Francisco, California.

Learn more about Eve’s work: https://tinyurl.com/2vhuarh8)

Find out about Eve’s Emotional trainings with Cultivating Emotional Balance: https://tinyurl.com/5n95m7yx)

Explore Eve’s Project, The Atlas of Emotions: https://tinyurl.com/mt75ytm3)

Follow Eve on Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3txahape)

More resources from The Greater Good Science Center:

How to Regulate Your Emotions Without Suppressing Them: https://tinyurl.com/4x29denx)

What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Negative Emotions: https://tinyurl.com/mwczxfya)

How to Turn Your Brain from Anger to Compassion: https://tinyurl.com/57upkcfa)

How to Overcome Destructive Anger: https://tinyurl.com/49zu6whw)

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